On 8/19/07, James Ausmus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/19/07, Michael Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I hope this goes through. In the recent past, thread-beginning posts > > sent from [EMAIL PROTECTED] to [EMAIL PROTECTED] get lost in > > the mail. Replies go through fine, but original threads don't. If you > > see this, this one didn't get lost. > > > > I've been gone for a couple of weeks (from August 5 to August 16), so > > when I got back there were a lot of packages that needed to be upgraded. > > I completed the upgrades on my PC a couple of days ago. I rebooted into > > Windows XP today and when I came back and logged into GNOME, no programs > > had title bars, and I couldn't Alt+TAB between them. How can I fix > > this? > > Sounds like the window manager isn't running - whenever you can't do > normal things with open windows, then you have window manager > problems. The standard window manager for gnome is nautilus - I'd
Whoops - make that metacity - guess I shouldn't be posting when I'm sick in bed... Sorry. :) s/nautilus/metacity/g > recommend opening a terminal window and just typing: > > nautilus > > and see what error messages you get. If you get your normal window > decorations back (title bar, etc.), then for some reason gnome isn't > starting nautilus by default - check your session/program autostart > settings. If you do get errors, then either just re-emerge nautilus, > or run a revdep-rebuild, and it will probably catch the issue. > > The reason you didn't see the issue post-upgrade until after you had > rebooted, is that the previous (working) version of nautilus had been > resident in memory, but the on-disk copy is broken somehow - probably > a library dependency got updated. > > HTH- > > James > > > How can I even find out exactly what package is causing the > > problem? When I log in, I get a message - something about > > accessibility, but everything else seems normal except for the lack of > > title bars. I'm typing this is KDE, but I prefer GNOME. Please help! > > I use gnome-2-18-2-r1: > > > > camille ~ # emerge -pv gnome > > > > These are the packages that would be merged, in order: > > > > Calculating dependencies... done! > > [ebuild R ] gnome-base/gnome-2.18.2-r1 USE="cdr cups dvdr > > -accessibility -ldap -mono" 0 kB > > > > Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0 kB > > > > My emerge info is: > > > > camille ~ # emerge --info > > Portage 2.1.2.11 (default-linux/x86/no-nptl, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.5-r4, > > 2.6.21-gentoo-r4 i686) > > ================================================================= > > System uname: 2.6.21-gentoo-r4 i686 Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.66GHz > > Gentoo Base System release 1.12.9 > > Timestamp of tree: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 16:30:01 +0000 > > distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) > > [disabled] > > dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.33-r1 > > dev-lang/python: 2.4.4-r4 > > dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6 > > sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.17 > > sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61 > > sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, > > 1.10 > > sys-devel/binutils: 2.17 > > sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.16 > > sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.23b > > virtual/os-headers: 2.6.21 > > ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" > > AUTOCLEAN="yes" > > CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" > > CFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -fomit-frame-pointer" > > CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" > > CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config > > /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/bind" > > CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf > > /etc/php/apache2-php4/ext-active/ /etc/php/apache2-php5/ext-active/ > > /etc/php/cgi-php4/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5/ext-active/ > > /etc/php/cli-php4/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5/ext-active/ > > /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c" > > CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -fomit-frame-pointer" > > DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" > > FEATURES="distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict" > > GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo"; > > LINGUAS="en fr es" > > MAKEOPTS="-j2" > > PKGDIR="/usr/portage-packages/camille" > > PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS="--human-readable" > > PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times > > --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats > > --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages > > --filter=H_**/files/digest-*" > > PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" > > PORTDIR="/usr/portage" > > PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" > > SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" > > USE="X alsa apache2 apm arts asterisk audiofile avi bash-completion > > berkdb bind-mysql bitmap-fonts browserplugin bzip2 candy cdr cgi cli > > cracklib crypt ctype cups dba dbus divx4linux doc dri dvb dvd dvdr > > dvdread eds emboss encode examples expat f77 ffmpeg flash foomaticdb > > fortran ftp gdbm gif glut gnome gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 guile hal > > iconv imap imlib ipv6 isdnlog ithreads ivtv jack jack-tempfs java jikes > > joystick jpeg kde kerberos lib libclamav libg++ libwww lirc mad midi > > mikmod mmx mmx2 mmxext mode-owner motif mp3 mpeg mpm-leader mudflap > > mysql mythtv nas nautilus ncurses new-login nls nntp nsplugin offensive > > ogg oggvorbis opengl openmp oss pam pcre pdf perl php png portaudio ppds > > pppd python qt qt3 qt4 quicktime readline real reflection ruby samba > > sasl sdl seamonkey session slp snmp spell spl sql ssl svga syslog tcl > > tcltk tcpd threads tidy truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode usb > > userlocales v4l v4l2 vorbis win32codecs x86 xml xml2 xorg xv zaptel > > zlib" ALSA_CARDS="hda-intel" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix > > dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat > > linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" > > ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" > > LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb > > ncurses text" LINGUAS="en fr es" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="apm ark > > chips cirrus cyrix dummy fbdev glint i128 i740 i810 imstt mach64 mga > > neomagic nsc nv r128 radeon rendition s3 s3virge savage siliconmotion > > sis sisusb tdfx tga trident tseng v4l vesa vga via vmware voodoo" > > Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, > > LDFLAGS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS > > > > > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
